Fine-Tuning Your Audition Technique

4:00-5:30 pm -- 9th Floor, Room #C998
Learn from the Casting Director of "Good Will Hunting," "Shakespeare in Love," "The Cider House Rules," "Pineapple Express," "Winter's Bone," "Sex and the City," and "The Help."

One of the key things casting directors and directors look for in actors is their ability to take direction and make appropriate adjustments. Select participants will be chosen to read copy and make adjustments for top casting director Kerry Barden.

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-- Kerry Barden, Casting Director

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Kerry Barden
Kerry Barden has been casting for 19 years. He has cast over 200 films, television shows, and plays and has offices in both New York and Los Angeles.

Some of his film credits include "Boys Don¹t Cry," "Good Will Hunting," "Shakespeare in Love," "American Psycho," "I Shot Andy Warhol," "The Cider House Rules," "Unfaithful," "Monster's Ball," "Pineapple Express," "The Visitor," "Conviction," "Winter's Bone," "Conan the Barbarian," "Dolphin Tale, "The Help," "Machine Gun Preacher."

He won a 2011 Artios Award from the Casting Society of America for "Winter's Bone." He was nominated for Emmy Awards for "Sex and the City" and "The Bronx Is Burning."

He has also produced four films, including the award-winning "Conversations With Other Women," starring Helena Bonham Carter and Aaron Eckhart. He is excited to return to Actorfest this year.